Inken Prochilo, OTD, OTR/L
Clinical Assistant Professor
Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Occupational Therapy Program
Stony Brook University
Phone: 631-444-2403
E-mail: Inken.Prochilo@stonybrook.edu
Inken Prochilo has been an occupational therapy practitioner since 2006. She received her Post-professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2023 and a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from Stony Brook University in 2013. Inken began her career as an occupational therapy assistant, graduating from Suffolk Community College with an Associates of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy degree. Inken’s primary work setting has been in pediatrics, treating in early intervention, school-based and homecare before transitioning to academia as the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for Stony Brook University’s Department of Occupational Therapy in 2017. Dr. Prochilo is a member of AOTA, the New York State Occupational Therapy Association, and the NY/NJ Metropolitan Occupational Therapy Educational Council. Dr. Prochilo plans to use her knowledge and experience gained from her doctoral research to continue to educate therapists, students, and faculty on the importance of giving back to the profession by educating the next generation of fieldwork students.
Dr. Prochilo’s teaching responsibilities are in the Fieldwork courses, Professional Behaviors, Group Process, Client Communication, and Therapeutic Use of Self, Assessment and Intervention in School-Based Practice, and Visionary Leadership in Emerging Practice, as well as advisor to the Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) and the OT Program’s Graduate Student Organization.
